Meaning of GALLOP
| Pronunciation: | | 'galup
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- [n] a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
- [v] ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
- [v] cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
- [v] go at galloping speed, as of horses; "The horse was galloping along"
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| | See Also: | | gait, pace, ride, ride horseback, sit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Galloped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Galloping}.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin;
cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS.
gehle['a]pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a
prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See {Leap}, and cf. 1st
{Wallop}.]
1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to
go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
But gallop lively down the western hill. --Donne.
2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty
examination.
Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping
over it. --Locke.
\Gal"lop\, v. t.
To cause to gallop.
\Gal"lop\, n. [Cf. F. galop. See {Gallop}, v. i., and cf.
{Galop}.]
A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by
lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in
successive leaps or bounds.
{Hand gallop}, a slow or gentle gallop.
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